Biografia

Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable SIGNED/Inscribed

Max Hastings · 2010 · Denton Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Oxford University Press, 2010. Reprint, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Inscribed by Author. SIGNED by the author, with an inscription to the previous owner. Clean unmarked pages, firm binding; 2" scrape to top rear edge of jacket. ‘Richly rewarding…a minor masterpiece…th...

Coleridge: Darker Reflections

Richard Holmes · 1998 · Denton Island Books

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

HarperCollins, 1998. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Clean unmarked pages, firmly bound; very slight wear to jacket edges. ’One of the greatest biographies of the century. Pure joy to read, it is a shimmering portrait of the mature artist veering between brillia...

Twenty Years at Court. From the Correspondence of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley.

ERSKINE, MRS STEUART. (EDITOR). · 1916 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1916. 1st edition. From the Correspondence of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Maid of Honour to her Late Majesty Queen Victoria 1842-1862. Pp.xvi/404, portrait frontispiece + 15 further black & white plates, toning to endpapers, scuffing to rear endpapers. ...

Our Centenerian Grandfather 1790-1890.

BRADLEY, A.G. · 1922 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd, nd. (c.1922). 1st edition. Biography of Benjamin Philpot, MA (b Laxfield, Suffolk) (1790 –1889) was Archdeacon of Man (1832-1839). Pp.xvi/293, 6 black & white illustrations + 2 colour portrait miniatures. Red cloth, gilt title to front...

Gherman Titov First Man to Spend a Day in Space

BARASHEV, PAVEL & YURI DOKUCHAYEV · 1962 · John Thompson Books

CA$20.00 (€12.72 | $14.01 | £10.61 | ¥2,238)

United States, Crosscurrents Press. 1962, 1st Printing. Paperback. Solid with light wear on the covers. Very Good.

Nathan A. Cushman : A Rugged Individualist (1869-1952) / Memoirs by His Sons, Richard, Harold, and Kenneth ; Text by Franklin P. Cole, Editor

Cole, Franklin P., editor · 1984 · Brookline Village Books

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Portland, Me. Casco Printing Co. 1984. Hardcover. x, 161 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. Very good condition/fair.

Memoiries of a Hostess : A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships Drawn Chiefly from the Diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields

Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe) · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, c1922. 2nd printing. Hardcover. 312 p. [27] leaves of plates : ill. facsims. ports. ; 21 cm. Very good condition .

George Whitefield : A Biography with Special Reference to His Labors in America

Belcher, Joseph · 1857 · Brookline Village Books

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

New York, American Tract Society, [1857?]. Hardcover. 514 p. front. (port.) plates. 20 cm. Very good condition Whitefleid was a Church of England itinernant minister who helped spread the Great Awakening in Great Britain and, especially, in the British North American colonies.

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lessons

Albom, Mitch · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Doubleday, c1997. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good condition/good.

Memorial Services in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of Dwight David Eisenhower, Late President of the United States

U.S. Congress. · 1970 · Brookline Village Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1970. Hardcover. 226p. . Very good condition .

Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness

Taylor, Robert Lewis · 1952 · Brookline Village Books

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co. 1952. Book Club ed. Hardcover. 433p. illus. Ill.: Boris Artzybasheff (jacket). Good condition in tattered d.j./fair.

Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men. Translated from the Greek by John Dryden and Others.

Plutarch · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York, Worthington Co. [193-?]. Reprint ed. Hardcover. 3 vols. Good condition in russet cloth; paper aged .

Kennedy

Sorensen, Theodore C · 0 · Brookline Village Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York, Harper & Row, c1965. 1st edition . Hardcover. 783p.frontis. Very good condition/good.

Tina Modotti: Photographer and Revolutionary

Margaret Hooks · 1993 · Denton Island Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Clean unmarked pages, slightly age toned at the edges, firmly bound; light wear to price-clipped jacket. Brilliant biography from a underrated photographer, lots of fine images and well argued case for Tina as a ma...

Mau Mau Manhunt

HOLMAN, DENNIS · 1967 · John Thompson Books

CA$12.00 (€7.63 | $8.41 | £6.37 | ¥1,343)

United States, Pyramid. 1967, 1st Printing. Paperback. Solid with a spine roll and a reading crease along the spine on the back cover. Good +.

A Bridge for Passing

BUCK, PEARL S. · 1963 · John Thompson Books

CA$6.00 (€3.81 | $4.20 | £3.18 | ¥671)

United States, Cardinal. 1963, 2nd Printing. Paperback. Solid with light wear on the covers. Very Good.

Kim Philby the Spy I Married

PHILBY, ELEANOR · 1968 · John Thompson Books

CA$80.00 (€50.86 | $56.06 | £42.44 | ¥8,952)

United States, Ballantine. 1968, 1st Printing. Paperback. Solid with a spine roll and the covers show light wear. Good- Very Good.

Courting Triumph

WADE, VIRGINIA WITH MELLACE, MARY LOU · 1978 · Godley Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, BCA. 1978. Hardback, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a small nick to top edge of front and sunning to spine...

Jack Nicholson : The Complete Film Guide

SHIACH, DON · 1999 · Godley Books

£5.75 (€6.89 | $7.60 | ¥1,213)

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1999. (ISBN: 0713484306) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean bright covers with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy 176pp. As New.

Jane Fonda : A Biography

FRENCH, SEAN · 1997 · Godley Books

£6.25 (€7.49 | $8.26 | ¥1,318)

London, Pavilion Books Ltd. 1997. (ISBN: 1857936582) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 192pp. Biography of the movie star w...